In April of this year, UN chief António Guterres stated that we are on our way to not only breaking that limit but doubling it. Global warming has been backed by plenty of scientific evidence, but nothing quite drives home the damage we’re doing to our planet like images of nature’s destruction. To remind ourselves to take care of our environment and vote for leaders who prioritize sustainable practices, these are 19 before-and-after pictures that prove things cannot continue the way they are. All images courtesy of NASA’s ‘Images of Change’ project. Earlier this month, on October 7, 2022, the level became so low that the marina’s measuring system no longer works. This massive collapse in March has led to scientists, like oceanographer Catherine Walker, being concerned: “This is something like a dress rehearsal for what we could expect from other, more massive ice shelves if they continue to melt and destabilize. Then we’ll really be past the turnaround point in terms of slowing sea level rise.” If these lakes go the way of places like Lake Mead, that water may eventually evaporate and be gone altogether. Unregulated, small-scale mining operations like these can often use substances and/or practices that are as bad as (or worse than) large-scale, industrial mines.
